Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

ASP.NET ViewState Helper is designed to help all web developers, but has specific features to help ASP.NET developers track ViewState issues. Analyze your web pages in real-time while you browse them using Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. As you can see in this Screen Shot, ASP.NET ViewState Helper gives you very detailed information to help you optimize your web application’s performance. ASP.NET ViewState Helper allows you to see the following details about each page:

Page’s total size: This is the total size of the web page shown in the URL column

ViewState size: This is the size of the ViewState field

ViewState %: What percent of the total page size is being taken up by the ViewState?

Markup size: The size of HTML markup (non-visible text) on the page

Markup %: What percent of the page consists of non-visible HTML markup?

Softpedia 100% Clean Award

Double-clicking on any URL in the list will bring up the ViewState Decoder window. If the page you double-clicked on contains a ViewState, it will be decoded into plain text, and also broken down into a tree-view for easy analysis.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

I recently set up a local network with Windows Server 2003. Microsoft has a really good 2-part tutorial on how to set one up called Step-by-Step Guide to a Common Infrastructure for Windows Server 2003 Deployment.

This document is the first in a series of step by step guides explaining how to build a common network infrastructure for deployment of the Microsoft WindowsServer 2003 operating system. Subsequent guides build upon this base infrastructure by detailing the configuration of common customer use scenarios. This guide begins with the installation of the Windows Server 2003 operating system and Active Directory.

Monday, October 29, 2007

I only watch the League and World Series, but I'm starting to like the Red Sox after watching them come back to win from a 3-0 deficit against the Cleveland Indians in the NL series and then swept the Colorado Rockies 4-0 to win the 2007 World Series. It was an amazing feeling, even for a small baseball fan like myself. Go Red Sox Nation!

Saturday, October 27, 2007

I haven't had time to sit down and finish a book in a really long time. It's a great feeling to be able to finish Thomas Friedman's latest The World Is Flat Release 3. Thanks to my Public Policy: Globalization and IT course taught by Professor Steve Ruth. I would highly recommend it to everyone interested in concepts, such as globalization and outsourcing.

Friday, October 26, 2007

I'm happy to say that this is my last I Bring Lunch post. It's been 52 really long weeks, but it's worth it. You have seen all the food that I have been eating in the past 52 weeks, so it's a good time to stop. I think 52 weeks are enough to showcase my mom's cooking and to show how much I appreciate her lunches.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Ever wondered what the source code for System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.Send() function looks like? Lutz Roeder's .NET Reflector is great for looking at the source code of compiled DLLs. It's located at http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/. Every .NET developer should definitely take a look.

Friday, October 5, 2007

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Just submitted all the required forms for the PhD IT program at George Mason University earlier this morning. I have always wanted to pursue it, but never really thought about the challenges behind it until now. All I know is that it is going to be the most rewarding and challenging experience of my life. Anyway, sometimes it is better to not think too much; otherwise, you might get scared and give up without trying. Wish me luck! :)

"You must work in technical support," says the balloonist. "I do," replies the man. "How did you know?" "Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but completely useless."

The man below says: "You must be in management." "I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well", says the man, "You don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're still in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."

Monday, August 27, 2007

Found this nice article on how to truncate or totally eliminate log file in SQL Server 2005. I had to do this, because one of my websites' log file got up 6Gig. The procedure is not recommended by Microsoft for live databases, but I could not afford to have it take up that much space. Something had to be done. :)

Eliminate the log file completely

Detach the database

Rename the log file

Attach the database without the log file by highlighting the log file and click the 'Remove' button